Why is Puerto Rico not a State?

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Puerto Rico lies at a strange place in the greater American empire. It's one of the oldest colonized places in the Americas, and a debate about its fate has roiled for centuries. Let's talk about it!

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Chapters: 0:00 RIP STEP BACKET 0:26 INTRODUCTION 2:32 PRE COLOMBIAN PUERTO RICO 7:48 SPANISH PUERTO RICO 14:45 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 16:22 SKILLSHARE AD 17:14 EARLY AMERICAN PUERTO RICO 21:21 PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT 22:20 AFTER WORLD WAR II 23:26 COMMONWEALTH VS STATEHOOD 24:14 US POLITICS AND PUERTO RICO 25:27 MODERN PUERTO RICO 26:30 CONCLUSION

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